Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1929, Page 72

MU OME of the golden-throated song birds -of the Metropol- itan Opera Co. of New York will pause in their annual Spring flight to warble in the swinging cadences of four of the most firmly established of operas in Washington this week. What with the comparatively small theater and the resulting neces- sary high prices for seats, at least the audience will be assured of perfect performances of many familiar tunes. Also melody lov- ers face no gamble on the grounds of new works presented or the possibility of a single modernistic, not even a Debussian chord. Three of the four operas are Italian, which means melody in generous quantity and all the sweeping gestures that make grand opera the entrancing, tri- ple-ringed circus of musicdom. The fourth opera, the French “Manon” of Massenet, which opens the local “season,” is filled with dramatic values, opportunities for exquisite singing and colorful changes of both scene and cos- tume. The revival of this opera in New York has achieved one of the high success marks of the season just closed. It also prom- ises to be the feature of the tour which begins tomorrow in Balti- more. “Manon” is the only opera of the tour repertoire that will be given in every city to be visited. The Washington performance of “Manon” is the first perform- ance of the Massenet work in the National Capital. if memory re- calls correctly. It may have been given in the old days of the French Opera Co. in its visit here, but available records would indi- cate that this is the first perform- ance here. Nellie Melba, the great Austral- {an diva gives an entertaining pic- ture of Massenet in connection with her mention of studying his “Manon,” in her autobiography, “Melodies and Memories.” She says: “During this Summer (1895) I was often in Paris, preparing Massenet’s ‘Manon Lescaut’ under the direction of the composer. Massenet was a charming, oldish man, with a passion for flowers and a habit of coining very pretty phrases. He used to call me Mme. Stradivarius (as, indeed, did Joachim, t00), since a stradivarius is small in a small room and swells as the room increases in size, yet still retains its quality. But what a devil he was for work! If he was not such a great man I should be inclined to call him ve-nickety. He never let any- thing pass, however slight, and if he did not like my singing of a phrase he would go over it a hundred times.” * * k ¥ LL three of the Italian works are quite familiar to Wash- ington audiences, though only one, “Cavalleria_Rusticana,” has been done here by the “Metropol- itan Opera Co. since the resump- tion of presenting a “Spring sea- son” here three years ago. In that performance, when the Mascagni opus was presented following Puc- cini’s “La Boheme,” Florence Eas- ton sang the role of Santuzza; Ina Bourskaya, Lola, and Armand Tokatyan, Turiddu, while Law- rence Tibbett sang the role of Alfio. This year, Rosa Ponselle will have the dominant role and Marion Telva will sing Lola’s part. Tokatyan and Tibbett will appear in the same roles sung here in 1927, and Philine Falco will sing Lucia. Vincenzo Bellezza will con- duct. In spite of its familiarity, there probably is no opera more beloved than Cavalleria’s almost insepar- able twin, “I Pagliacci.” It is in- teresting to remember, in view .of the fact that many sophisticat- ed music lovers do not prefer this opera, that Mme. Melba, the orig- inal Nedda, has written in her memoirs: “I must go quickly over the next short period (the Spring of 1893), mentioning en passant that I re- appeared at Covent Garden in ‘Lohengrin’ on may 15, and that four days after that I redeemed my promise to Leoncavallo by creating the role of Nedda in ‘I Pagliacei,’ which, by the way, is one of King George's favorite operas. His majesty told me that he saw it 10 times during this sea- son alone.” It also is interesting to recall the words of a Washingtonian, not _inconspicious in the business world, who, attending a local production, quite evidently was totally unfamiliar with the story or action of “I Pagliaccl.” Just as the baritone, standing before the curtain, had finished the famous rologue, this gentleman turned E) his wife—"“Well,” he said, “I know this is supposed to be a modest, local production, but I can't see why they couldn’t have tried to get some kind of scenery. I think it's an outrage to pay what we do to sit and hear a man step D‘lll\t in front of a curtain and sing.” However, as soon as the cheery colorfulness of the peasant group | T* in the opening of the act proper burst onto the stage, the grum- bler muttered some relieved and revised remarks and laughed the loudest of any present over the antics of the stage-frightened donkey pulling gay Nedda’s cart. R 8 its very mname indicates, “opera” is primarily a product of the singing land—Italy. To be sure, within the interim between Monteverdi’s first opera produced on any stage in any land, and the recent announcement concerning Deems Taylor’s newest opera, which is to be a lyric version of “Street Scene,” there have arisen the various schools of German, French and individual composers’ operas. But the land of bel canto first gave opera birth and even today, 300 and more years later, mthcee’:rtue Sostuly only in the lsnEuAge in which its libretti were written ally. It is noticeable that even the admirable efforts of that gallant Amq¢ Co. were BY HELEN FETTER. SIC ject of Italian ra, written March 21, 1710, for the Specta- tor, the following: “It is my design in this paper, to deliver down to posterity a faithful account of the Italian opera, and of the gradual prog- ress which it has made upon the English stage; for there is no question but our great grandchil- dren will be very curious to know the reason why their forefathers used to sit together like an au- dience of foreigners in their own country, and to hear whole plays acted before them in a tongue which they did not understand. “Arsinoe” was'the first opera that gave us a taste of Italian music. ‘The great success this opera met with produced some attempts of forming pieces upon Italian plans, which should give a more natural and reasonable entertainment than what can be met with ifi the elaborate trifles of that na- tion. This alarmed the poetasters and fiddlers of the town, who were used to deal in a more or- dinary kind of ware; and there- fore laid down an established rule, which is received as such to this day, “that nothing is capable of being well set to music that is nol nonsense.” “This maxim was no sooner re- ceived, but we immediately fell to translating the Italian operas: and as there was no great danger of hurting the sense of those extraordinary pieces, our authors often would make words of their own which were entirely foreign to the meaning of the passages they pretended to translate; their chief care being to make the numbers of the English verse an- swer to those of the Italian, that both of them might go to the same tune. Thus the famous song in Camilla—‘Barbara si lintendo, etc. (Barbarous woman, yes, I know your meaning), which expresses the resentments of an angry lover, was translated into the English lamentation, ‘Frail are a lover's hopes, etc” And it was pleasant enough to see re- fined persons of the British na- tion dying away and languishing to notes that were filled with a spirit of rage and indignation. * * * The next step to our re- finement was the introducing of Italian actors into our opera who sung their parts in their own language, at the same time thas our countrymen performed theirs in our native tongue. The king, or hero, of the play genemlly spoke in Italian and his slaves an- swered him in English; the lover frequently made his court and gained the heart of his princess in a language which she did not un- derstand. * * * At length the audience grew tired of under- standing half the opera, and therefore to ease themselves en- tirely of the fatigue of thinking, have so ordered it at present that the whole opera is performed in an unknown tongue. We no.long: er understand the language of our own stage; in so much that I have often been afraid, when I have seen our Italian performers chattering in the vehemence of |L: action, that they have been call- ing us names and abusing us among themselves; but I hope, since we do put such an entire confidence in them, they will not talk against us before our faces, though they may do it with the same safety as if it were behind our backs. In the meantime, I cannot forbear thinking how na- turally an historian who writes two or three hundred years hence, and does not know the taste of his | forefathers, will make the follow- ing reflection: ‘In the beginning of the eighteenth century, the Italian tongue was so well under- stood in England; the operas were acted on the public stage in that language.’ ” % Ak LREADY 200 years have passed since Mr. Addison made the above sage observations, and the press report - received yesterday from the Metropolitan’s head- quarters in New York summing up the season closed after a twenty- fourth week, would indicate that in this country, as in the Eng- land of two centuries ago, Italian opera still holds sway in its native tongue. More than twice as many performances. of Italian operas were given than of even its near- est rival. The record shows 104 performances of Italian operas (24 operas given) ; 55 performances of 14 German works, 27 perform- ances of 8 French operas, and 3 performances of the one opera in English, “The King’s Henchman,” written by Deems Taylor. Surely Mr. Addison would sink into complete despair and a state of permanent melancholy over this state of affairs. Moreover, during the entire season, including Brooklyn, Philadelphia and the present tour, Verdi’s “Aida” holds top record of 12 performances. Viva l'opera Italia! i Triennial Music Festival In Schools This Week 'HE Triennial Music Festival of the public schools of the District of Columbia, under the direction of Ed- win N. C. Barnes, will be held next Fri- day and Saturday evenings, April 10 and 20, in the auditorium of McKinley High School, at 8 o’clock. Friday will be High ‘School night, with & program presented by the Bri- gade Band, the Interhigh School Festi- val Orchestra, Interhigh Festival Chorus and soloists. The or- chestra conductor with David Legum as concertmeister; Sergt. Frederick Hess is the band direc- i iy v B B. pson and Leah Effenbach, are mp‘nhu.”h Effenbach will also Yanidr Bign: and mmm,' ’.nhht ive orchestras and choruses will be ted by solos is’ Ludwig Manoly, | I ister; S = [RosA PONSELLE- Thurs.ond Sat- ToLLio SERAFIN- &fum’ay Imposing Program of Music ForD.A.R.Congress Meeting MR& JAMES SHERA MONTGOM- ERY, musical director and official accompanist for the Thirty-eighth Con- gress of the Daughters of the Américan Revolution, to be held in Washingten beginning tomorrow through Saturday, announces an imposing program for the musical events to be presented through- out the week. At the opening session at 9:30 to- morrow morning Mrs. Montgomery will play an organ recital, including works by Boecllmann, Tchaikovsky and Guil- mant. For the special memorial service at 11 am. today the music will be pre- |©! sented by the Lovette Choral Club, Eva Whitford Lovette, director, with Ethel ynn Fast, soprano, as soloist. Charlotte Ryan of the Metropolitan Co. of New York will be guest soloist. tomorrow evening, singing two groups of songs and leading in sing- ing “The Star Spangled Banner.” Her songs will include selections by La Forge, Rybner and Rachmaninoff, with the air from Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut’— “In Quelle Trine Morbide.” ‘Wednesday night's soloist will be Mrs. James Lathrop Gavin, vice president general of the Indiana N. 8. D. A. R. Her songs will feature American com- posers. Mile. Lavina Darve of New York will sing Thursday evening, accompanied by Paul Eisler, assistant conductor of the Metropolitan Opera Co. Carolyn Finney Springer of Connecticut will be soloist Priday night, “accompanied by her mother, Carrie Elizabeth Springer. Arthur Witcomb, trumpeter and as- sistant leader of the United States Marine Band, will be heard at each session of the congress. hour of music preceding each meeting. . One of the|Rosetts three service bands will present half an | ¥ TRUE grand opera is, in all lands, the occesion for brilliant stage scenes and audiences. So, with the week, with three performances at Poli's Theater, Washington will be “en fete,” and a new social Wash- ington will add zest to the wealth music made possible by the rare casts Signor Gatti-Casazza is send- ing to the National Capital, as well as ;»r\m'o{ux Metropolitan Opera of New ork. “Manon,” with the gay, lilting dance music, the memorable gavoite, and love | songs sweet with the inescapable melody of the Frenchman Massenet, is a charm- ing opening opera. Grieux’s love mo- tive is a graceful theme. tenderest bits is Manon's exquisite and her lover had held holiday in their hey-day in Paris. And Massenet be- comes churchly, too, with music of ze- rious import when the Chevalier des Grieux takes him to a monastery to escape the lure of love. ‘The three performances of the Mot- mposman Opera will have the following cas Wednesday at 8 p.m. “MANON." (In French.) .Lucrezia Bor! 1 i Count thier coming of the Metropolitan Opera this |4, by the ensemble and orchestra of the fal One of the | “Adieu” to the little table at which she gebbe BeniaMino GIGLI- M/ea’ne.rda)/ The Metropolitan Operas. | quitlot.. | De_Bretigny. | Innkeeper. ‘niglia {Glordano Paltrinieri .Paolo Ananien Louls_ D'Angelo -Gina Gola Conductor, Louls Hasselmans. ‘Thursday at 8 p.m. Double Bill. “CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA.* (In Italian) Santuzz: Rosa Ponselle Marion Telva nd_Tokatyan ‘Lawrence Tihbett ..Philine Falco ola. | Turiddu. Alfi Conductor, Vincenzo Bellezza. Followed by “PAGLIACCL" (In Italian.) Edward Johnson iuseppe Danise "' 'Gondictor, Vincenzo Bellezza. i Saturday at 2 p.m. “AIDA." (In Italian) Alfio_Tedesco CAida Doninelii A priestess.. Incidental dances by Rita De Leporte and Corps de Ballet. Conductor, Tullio Serafin. Tickets are on sale at Mrs. Wilson- 1 | Greene's Bureau in Droop's, Thirteenth and G streets. the conductorship of the newly created New York Grand Opera Co., with which he is scheduled to go on tour next Oc- tober and November. George Beuchler, young Washington baritone, and Gilbert Fraser, tenor, with Katheryn Hill Rawls as accompanist, will present what promises to be a high- ly artistic program of songs at the Arts Club of Washington Tuesday at 8 p.m. Mr, Fraser, who opens the program, will sing solos by Haendel, Tosti, Mac- Fayden and the aria from act 1V, “L’Africana,” by Meyerbeer, Mr. Beuch- ler will sing songs by Donaudy, Barthel~ my, Holmes, Quilter, Paladilhe and Bridge. The duets scheduled include the famous one of Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” and “Good Night” by Ware. Jeanette McCaflrey, soprano, . with Kathryn McCaffrey at the piano, will be the soloist at the banquet tomorrow night given by the District of Columbia Department of Spanish War Veterans in honor of Commander-in-Chief Wil- Mr, Black discusses all phases cal subjects is the resul unfailing work, o of musi- at the studio of Je ‘Williams, - pont cm:le.o . " Gertrude Lyons, chairman of music, Women's City Club, will sing at the tea this afternoon, when Mrs. Edward Ever- ett Gann will be guest of honor. Mrs. Lyons will sing “The Morn_(Lan- ?’giln l)tomm) and “Boat (Harriet The Lovette Choral Club and Christo- finh" Tenley, ol‘&lenl-!t. Will be presented a recital at Chevy Chase Baptist. Church Wednesday evening. This will be the third event presented In connec- tion with r':iu‘nn'.;t.rll!x:xddx 1!:: the new organ recently 3 programs have been arranged by Mrs. Grace De- land. Jackson. . Mr. Tenley will render two ps on the organ, and the Choral Club, Eva ‘Whitford Lovette dire and Helen Clark accompanying, will sing three groups of choruses. Ethel Lynn Fast, soprano, and Mary Templin, contralto, accompanied by Mrs. Lovette, will be the soloists. Hattie Noel will be the reader, and the Lovette Quartet, Mrs. Brooks, Mrs. Englih, Mrs, Brumbaugh and Mrs. Swenson, will sing & group of Southern melodies. A silver offering will be taken. Irene Juno, who has her own school of theater organ, has been asked by the liam L. Grayzon. The United Marine Band Orchestra, urnder Taylor Branscn, also will provide during the evening. States Capt. musie ! |Band Orchestra Dat I Editha Fielscher | LUCREZIA | Bori- | Wea/ne.rd’\/ U. 8. MARINE BAND. The United States Marine Band will give three concerts in the auditorfum at | the Marine Barracks this week. The| concert Wednesday will be at 8 pm.; | the program tomorrow will be at 4 p.m., and the one Priday afternoon will be at 3. The Monday concert will be by | the band; ths two others by the or- chestra. i The programs wil be of the usual| standard, including popular classical works and lighter compositions, too. SOLDIERS’ HOME ORCHESTRA. ‘The orchestra of the United States Soldiers’ Home Band will give programs Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 5:20 pm., under the direction of John 8. M. Zimmerman, leader; Anton Pointner, second leader. The programs will feature both clas- |sical works and the lighter types of omposition and will be given in Stan- |ley Hall for ot - W 6% Opera Players' Club Gives ‘'Pride of Virginia IFTY members of the Opera Play- ers’ Club of the Immaculate Con- ception Church will present Harry | Pride of Virginia,” Wednesday and Thursday evenings this week at the school auditorium. These young peopie sung by them many times, April 24 and 25 These four performances will plete the seventh year of active work by this organization, formed and direct~ ed by Mr. Howard. Among the members of the cast are Florence _Yocum, Catharine Ryan, Eleanor Hopkins, William Hannan, Agnes Dowd, Gertrude Becker, Adelaide Yocum, Helen Fallon, Ann Loveless, | Grace Willy, Frederick Nolan, William Stoddard, Leonard Townsend, John herman, George Neumann and Phillip | Wheaton Howard's latest opera, “The | will revive the classic, “Fra Diavolo,” | com- | Albert W. Harned, his associate, Jessle Masters, and their pupils will present an informal reception at their studios on New York avenue Monday, April 22, at alzao pm. A musical program will be given. John Chandler Smith, basso, will be soloist in a recital presented under the suspices of McCall Lanham at the Chevy Chase School Tuesday at 8:30 pm. Mr. Smith will sing songs by Caldara, Leveridge, Haendel, Tchai-| kovsky, Schubert, Greig, Woodman, Ja- lowicz, Salter and Sanderson. A serles of duets will follow. when those participating will include Frances Simons, Martha Calloway, Marjorie Les- ser, Margaret Beall, Helen Byrne, Jean | Irvine, Mary Dale, Katherine Schlich, James McLain, Virginia Virtue, Cecelia Steele, Virginia Rountree, Robert Fer- guson, Florence Rockwell and Helen Collins. ‘The concert to be given tonight by Sidney and his Mayflower Orchestra | trom 17 to. 10 p.m. will include well known works by the following com- posers: Massenst, Lehar, Toselli, Scharwenka, Coward. Schubert. Rossini, Debussy, Kern, MacDowell and Leon- cavallo. " A recital was given bv primary and intermediate classes of the Institute of Musical Art Friday evening when those taking were: Helen Bertram, Frances Rappaport, Celeste Marx, Jean Dulin, Ella Fraser and Mildred Looker, | plano; Helen Stein, Helen Bloedom,‘\ Maurice Friedman, Daniel Witt and Charles Hyder, violin. ‘The program was opened and closed | by the institute’s junior gquintet com- | gud of Daniel Witt, Milton Dorfman. | niel Gevinson, Maurice Friedman and | Glen Carow. ‘The Singing Mothers’ Chorus of the | District of Columbia Ccngress of Par-) ent-Teacher Association, Mrs. E. L. Norris, director, gave a program for a meeting_of the association of Mount Vernon Place Church Wednesday night. They opened the meeting with the “P.- T. A. Song.” followed by “America the Beautiful” and “To Mother.” Mrs. Nor- ris sang ees” and “I Love a Little Cottage,” accompanied by Mrs. Carol B. | ‘Wagner. I The chorus will sing for the Btate con- | vention of parent-teacher groups to be | held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Burling- | ton Hotel. ‘The Conservatory Preparatory School. Mrs. R. P. Crist, director, will present | a group of advanced pupils in the an- | nual concert Saturday night at 8 o'clock | at Wesley M. E. Church, Jenifer street and Connecticut avenue. The purpose of this concert is to secure a musical scholarship fund and also to help the church’s building fund. An unusual feature will be the liv- ing plctures of costumed students por- | traying the accompanying music. Plano | and vocal numbers will be given pre- senting music of many lands—Russian, German, Bohemian, Spanish, Norwe- gian, the United States, American In- [annan. The principal dancers are rene Bontz, Helen Mayer, Margaret Nealon and Joseph DeMarco. Within the past two weeks the club has given performances for the benefit of St. John’s Catholic Church at Clin- ton, Md., and the Church of the Na- tivity at Brightwood. URCH SINGERS OF WASHINGTON—THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH T was while the First Congregation- al Church was “The President’s Church,” being the one attended regu- larly by former President and Mrs, Coolidge, that the choir of this church became first interested in that difficult art of chroal singing known as “a cap- '—that Riokt of 'the’ Joveest ‘musi ot the choral music, !N!:a, toward the right—Mrs, Stahl, Mr. Har- mon and Mrs. Halbach. The full choir og‘ ing 60 selected voices, carefully in competition spon- the Federation of Music -Lana, tenor soloist, ey Ol Betors, com- here he did considerable singing in neighborhood of New York, where of Mr. Linscott. He is re. i § fhEcias _55 : i 2 i dian, Chinese, Italian, English and Scotch. The young pianists will include chil- dren of well known families of Wash- ington, Virginia and Cleveland Park. The singers include Mary Whelchel, Edward Gardiner Lippitt and Mary Ap- ple, presented under the auspices of Mrs. Charlotte Gardiner Lippitt. Joseph Dimeglia, Neapolitan singer, will give the Italian arias. Elsa Lehman, a concert singer lroml New York, presented a program of “Characteristic Songs of the South” be- fore the Council of Jewish Women at the Community Center Tuesday. With a low voice of mellow timber and ex- cellent artistry, the singer won her audience. Her costume was a glorified version of the traditional “mammy” costume, which was created from red taffeta, silver sequin bandana and black tte by Natatha Rambova, former- y wife of Rudolph Valentino. The Negro spirituals and other folk songs won many encores. ‘Warren F. Johnson, concert nist, of this city, will a recital Thurs- day afternoon at tl Co mry,uln ‘.}ldnm"'m“ 4 o'clock. His numbers igue on a Legrenzi Theme,” Bach; “Sonata in A Minor, Op. 23,” A. G. Ritter, and “Partita in E, Op. 100,” Karg-Elert. : James Black, formerly of New Or-| Wi orgal and mm of considerable ability and well wn for his musical activities in the South. The sincerity and depth with which Martin Johnsons to arrange the music score for their next big road show, now being assembled in New York City. Miss Juno played their current picture, “Simba,” at the Washington Audito- rium for the National Ggographic So- clety, when Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were present. She will go to Mew York for two weeks prior to the inf§’al showing. The choir of All-Baimts’ Church, Chevy Chase, will sing the cantata “Victory Divine,” by J. Christopher Marks. at 8 p.m. At the 11 o'clock service the musical numbers will be: “Te Deum,” by An- drews, “Jubilate,” by Schnecker, and offertory anthem “Now Is Christ | Risen,” by Nichols. The solos will be sung by Emily Har- rold and Bertha H. Cottsman, sopranos; James T. Nicho!son, tenor, and Robert H. Davidson, baritone. W. H. Taylor is organist and director. The musical program for the next meeting of the Society of Mayflower Descendsnts, to be held at the Wash- ington C'ub Tuest is to be provided by FElizabeth Stewart, soprano: Jo- scphine Stewart, contralto: Catherine Benson, pianist, and H. T. Cole, flutist. The Catholic University Glee Club makes two appearances on the concert stage this week, giving a concert at Holv Cross Academy today and one at the university on Alumni night. The concert at the Holy Cross Acad- emy will be attended by the students at the academy. the alumnae and in- vited guests. Ilt’, is sponsored by the Sis- ters oi Notre Dam~. The program Alumni night will be varied in its scope. Several distinct novelties are promised which will par- ticularly appeal to alumni of Catholic Univereity. Th~ regular meeting of the Harmony Musi~ Club was held at the home of #h direetor, Mrs. C. Carroll Burke, 5004 Fifth street ncrthwest, April 9, at 4:30 c’clock. The subject for discussion was :Th‘ Pegirning of the History of Music.” At the eccnclusion of ths meeting piano salections were plaved by Betty Rodrick and Marguerite Bosco. The ng\t meeting wil! be held April 23 at the studio of Mrs. Burke. Pe Ringrose of Pennsvivania, ek e _vosnl singer. will sing Neighborhood Honse April 24 and at the Y. W. C. A. th> same dat~. Miss Ringros~ sang at the Congrega- tional Church April 1. The third annual concert and dance of the Columbia Banfo, Mandolin and Guiter, Hawatien Guitar and Ukulele Clubs, under the direction of Sophocles T. Papas, will be held in Barker Hall of the Y. W. C. A., Seventeenth and K streets, next Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Rosa Pollio Jarman, contralto. will sssist. An extensive and varied program has been arranged. The Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra, with the Nordica Hawailan Guitar and Ukulele Club and Nordica Banjo Club, will appeer in its thirtieth annual concert next Wednesday eve- ning at 8 o'clock in the auditorium of the First Congregational Church, Tenth and G streets northwest. The clubs are under the direction of Waiter T. Holt. There will be vocal and instrumental solos, string quartet selections and numbers by the entire personnel of the clubs. ‘The regular meeting of the Spurr-On Club of Music, under the direction of Marie Howe Spurr, was held April 5 at the studio, 714 Eighteenth street northwest. A paper on Grieg, Mac- Dowell and Debussy was ready by Mrs. Glendora B. Eliason and compositions of these composers were played by dif- ferent members of the club. The Livingstcne College Octet of Salisbury, N. C., will render a recital at Union Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church. Twenty-third street between L and M streets northwest, at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon under the auspices of the A. M. E. Zion Ministers' Alliance of Washington and vicinity. Clarence Sands and Erma Kile of Glen Echo Heights, Alden Potter of Carderock and Mary Coffin Ford of Minneapolis, Minn., were soloists pre- senting a musical program for the Parent-Teacher Association _meetin, at the Glen Echo-Cabin John School last Sunday afternoon, when a benefit t{:fldm held for the school’s piano ind, Orchestral accompaniment and num- bers 'enfl y_& section of the a t G. . | paniments and directed an instrumen frio. including, besides himself, A. C. Wilkins An“udnlph Heman. Frances Dengler, who has been pre- (Continued on Sixteenth Page., Claibourne’s Music Studio sic Studio |WALTER T. HOLT Latest improved methods of teach- ing Piano, xophonchBlnio, Guitar, Orchestra tninixg. oderate rates. 502 11th St. S.E. 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